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. 2009 May 28;3(1):9.
doi: 10.1186/1754-9493-3-9.

The WHO checklist: a global tool to prevent errors in surgery

Sukhmeet S Panesar  1 , Kevin Cleary, Aziz Sheikh, Liam Donaldson
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The WHO checklist: a global tool to prevent errors in surgery

Sukhmeet S Panesar et al. Patient Saf Surg. .

Abstract

In this article, we welcome the adoption of the WHO surgical checklist to prevent errors in surgical practice. We highlight the scale of the problem and discuss the adoption of this tool in the UK.

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Degree of harm for surgical incidents occurring in the Reporting and Learning System (RLS) at the NPSA between January 2005 and September 2008.
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